[Emphasis mine] Please note the same Public Law is referenced in the two quotes. Yes, that's right, the very same law that required you to actually identify yourself also required the state to provide you the means to do so, free for nothing!

--Oh, and any military ID will do, even the ones that expire "INDEF." Or perhaps your driver's license or State ID is expired? Hey, as long as it ran out after the most recently-past General Election, you're good to go.

I'm still assured by the people in funny glasses inside my TV that It Is All A Koch Brothers Plot Against Democrats; and in support, let's take a look at the wild success that plot achieved in 2008 here in the Hoosier heartland, long a GOP stronghold:

Don't forget that this law went all the way to the Indiana Supreme Court and was upheld. The Dems picked an older woman voter to sue, but when the case made it to the Supremes, it turned out the dear little lady was also registered to vote in Florida.oops.

If you are a resident of the United States not in posession of either a drivers license or some other ID issued by a government, there are a few possibilities to explain this.

1. You are under the age of 16. (Sorry kid, come back at 18, and in the meantime, smack all the teachers you've ever had for not telling you this rule.)

2. You are an arch-luddite hermit living in a cave or a tree somewhere. (You probably haven't bothered to keep track of when it's election day anyway.)

3. You are a plant, and thus able to derive sustenance directly from sunlight, CO2, and water, rather than needing to consume food as humans do...food which must be bought or hunted (with tools that were bought). All this buying would require money. Good luck obtaining any money in the modern world without ID, whether from legitimate work or state welfare. Anyway, plants can't vote either.

4. You are a liar. There are a number of nefarious purposes you might plausibly have for _claiming_ to not posess proper identification at the polling place (such as voting multiple times, or voting in a district where you don't live), but all of them reduce to an intent to cast a ballot under an identity which is not yours. You may have been able to get away with this in the past. Some states may still let you get away with it. But do not confuse it with a right.

"I saw to what extent the people among whom I lived could be trusted as good neighbors and friends; that their friendship was for summer weather only; that they did not greatly propose to do right; that they were a distinct race from me by their prejudices and superstitions."